Gavin Funk scored the go-ahead goal at 8:44 of the third period and Zach Dyck potted the insurance marker with 6:39 remaining as the Morden Thunder downed Portage Collegiate 6-4 at Stride Place in game one of the Zone 4 High School Hockey League's best-of-three final. Owen Vanrobaeys, Acoyen Fehr, Eli Dias and Darby Olson also scored for the Thunder. Cam Sarna had a pair of goals for the Trojans while singles went to Alex Van Deynze and Carson Inman. Game two won't be played until Tuesday, March 14th in Morden. PCI will be competing in the Provincial AAAA High School Hockey Championship that begins Thursday in Winnipeg. 


Dalton Andrew and Brody Beauchemin scored two goals each and Mike Svenson had a goal and three helpers as the Winkler Flyers defeated the Winnipeg Freeze 6-5. Gavin Waltz also scored for the Flyers. Winkler's Malachi Klassen made 16 saves. The Flyers (33-13-6-1) have five games left and trail the second place Steinbach Pistons by five points in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League's East Division. 


Winkler Flyers captain Trent Sambrook has been named the MJHL's Brian Kozak Award winner as the league's top defenseman. The 21-year-old Winnipeg native has 10 goals and 41 assists in 52 games this season. Lucas Brennan of the Selkirk Steelers is the MVP. The Ed Belfour Award for Top Goaltender went to Kobe Grant of the Swan Valley Stampeders. Selkirk's Carter Cormier is the Rookie of the Year. Ryan Botterill of the Portage Terriers was the recipient of the Frank McKinnon Memorial Award. The Coach of the Year is Tyson Ramsey of the Virden Oil Capitals. 


The Canadian Junior Hockey League announced Monday its final CJHL Top 20 Rankings for the 2022-23 season. The Portage Terriers dropped from number seven to eight and the Steinbach Pistons fell from number 11 to 12. The Alberta Junior Hockey League's Brooks Bandits finished atop the national listings. Brooks wrapped up its regular season with an AJHL-best record of 53-5-1-1 and will enter the league playoffs as its top seed.


The Winnipeg Jets dropped a 3-2 decision to San Jose at Canada Life Centre. Tomas Hertl scored the tying goal for the Sharks with goaltender James Reimer on the bench for an extra attacker with 11 seconds left in regulation and Logan Couture notched the winner on a breakaway 1:21 into overtime. Nate Schmidt's sixth of the season at 14:53 of the third period gave the Jets a 2-1 lead. Nino Niederreiter had the other Winnipeg goal. The Jets wrap up their three-game homestand Wednesday against the Minnesota Wild. 


Matt Dunstone has a 3-0 record and Reid Carruthers is 2-2 at the Brier in London, Ontario. Dunstone defeated Jamie Koe of Northwest Territories 10-4. Carruthers fell 9-7 in an extra end to Kevin Koe of Alberta. Dunstone will put his perfect record on the line on the 8 a.m. draw against Matthew Manuel of Nova Scotia. Dunstone and Carruthers will then meet on the 8 p.m. draw in a rematch of last month's Viterra final in Neepawa.